LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - ELECTED MAYORS

Since the New Local Government Network pushed hard for elected mayors, their report Mayors mid-term isn't the most ...

Since the New Local Government Network pushed hard for elected mayors, their report Mayors mid-term isn't the most objective assessment possible (LGC, 14 May).

There is evidence that councils with mayors are improving their performance - but so have others without mayors.

Elected mayors may or may not be the best thing in local government since the abolition of Aldermen but the debate requires a much more informed review of all the evidence than that carried out through the NLGN's pink-tinted specs.

The mayor of Greater Manchester has called on the Labour labourship to support his personal vision for devolution in an interview with LGC, while also outlining what further powers he would like to get control of.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough CA mayor James Palmer (Con) said he “wouldn’t rule out” a bid to expand his remit to cover Norfolk and Suffolk but stressed it would need local leaders in those two counties to push it through.

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